Brick-ice-cream cutter



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Application led April 22, 1926. Serial No. 103,929.

rlhis invention relatos to ice cream cutters and particularly-to auv improved structure 'ior cutting brick ice cream and has for an object to rn'esent a structure which may be adjusted to cut the ice cream into any desired number ol' sections.

A/tnother object oit the invention is to provide a brick ice cream cutter wl'ierein the support ttor the ice cream acts as a receivingv incinber for the cutters aiter they have passed through the ice cream so that the ice cream may be readily removed trein the support without removingthe cutters.

Il further object7 more specilically, is to provide an ice cream cutter in which a slotted section is provided co-actin; l with inclined cutting members and guides tor rousing them to enter the slots after peii'ormine` the cutting operation and thus leaving the cut cream tree et knives.

ln the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional View through a cutter, disclosingl an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through lligure l, approximately on line 2 2, the cutting blades beinggl shown in their lowered position. Figure 3 is a perspective view et the cutting; blades and ,guides shown in Figure 1.

Figure l is a perspective view ot the support shown in Figure 1.

Referring te the accioinpanyingl drawing,l by numerals, 1 indicates a support which is preierably a piece of sheet metal bent so as to present a tl-suaped structure in cross sec.-

tion. rllhis term et support presents a pair ot side plates 2 and 3 acting as supporting` legs and a top sur'laee fl adapted to receive the ice cream. The top surface is supplied with a number of slits 5 merging;v into side f-slitf-i 5 whereby the various knives (l may enter the slots in the support so as to be below the surlace 4t as illustiiated in Figure 2. l/lhen a brick et ice cream has been cut and the knives 6 moved to the position shown in lligi ure 2, the ice cream is tree ci the knives and may be readily ren'ioved without molestingl the knives. ',lhere is a knife G tor cach ot the slots 5 and tlese knives are preferably ot' the same construction.

its indicated in Figure 2a the knives 6 are each provided with a cuttinu` edge 'l and at the edges .incline m one end 'to the other so as to `irive in a certain sense a shearing1 cut. lfhe alternate knives are arranged so that the edges i will be inclined in opposite directions and thus prevent the ice cream from shitting as the knives are forced therethrough. Ylach et the knives is provided with a pair et apertured heads 5l and thro ugh these heads exten d the respective clamping rods 9 and 10. Suitable sleeves l1 surround the respective rods 9 and l0 and act to space the various blades 6 so that they will properly enter the slots 5 when the end guiding plates 12 and 13 are passing over the ends ot the` support 1. lt will be noted that the guides 12 and 13 are each formed with a flaring lower end 14 whereby the guides may properly pass over the ice creani and from thence over the ends of the support 1. 'lllhe bolts 9 and 10 are each preterably provided with an ordinary nut 15 at one end and with a wing nut 1G at the opposite end whereby the respective bolts are clamped firmly in position when in use but may be readily removed to provide different tubular members 1l which may be longer or shorter so as to increase or decrease the number oi blades G. lhero are six blades shown in the drawing' but it d ssii-ed, a less number could be used or a larger number could be used but when a less number or a larger number is used, the tubular spacingv members l1 must be changed accordingly and also a new support 1 must be provided having properly spaced slots 5.

rlhe construction shown in the drawing,` would operate to cut a brick et' cream into seven pieces. lt it should be desired to have. tour-teen pieces, the brick could be cut centrally longitudinally and this would result in the fourteen pieces desired. From Figures l and 3 it will be noted that the guides 12 and 13 are termed of sheet metal and are bent at points l? and 18 respectively for forming hand holes 19 and 20, said hand holes being preferably provided at the outer edges with turned over or curved members 21 and 22. litter a brick of ice cream has been cut with the knives 6, they are preferably lett in the position shown in Figure 2 until the out cream has been moved trom the support 1. 'llhey are then removed and it desired, another brick is placed on the support 1 and the same operation is repeated.

lFrom Figure 1 it will be noted that the knives 6 are so arranged that the end sections ot the brick ot ice cream are seemingly larger when cut than the intermediate sections et the cut brick. yllhis has been termed in this way because the ends of the brick of ice cream are usually bent over and crushed out ol shape (lll titi

somewhat so 'thatwhen the parte are erran ged as shown in Figure l, the resulting blocks will be substantially the same size. It is, however, evident that the Various tubular members 11 oould be mafde of a size to give a different spaeing Without departing from the spiritof the invention. u

. What I claim is:

In a brick ice cream cutter, a support having slots in its top, said slots-extending into the sides of the support, a knife carrier separate from the' support and adapted to slide thereon, the carrier comprising members having flanged upper ends forming handles, and n plurality of cutters mounted between the upper ends of the end members, the cutting edges of the knives being inclined from one end to the other and the cutters being er ranged with the edges of each individual knife inclined in one direction with alternate 2o knives being inrlined in opposite dinections.

CARL A. KULENKAMPFF. 

